The Nutcracker | Mariinsky Theatre

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Ballet in 3 acts by Vasily Vainonen
on a libretto by Marius Petipa based on E.T.A. Hoffmann
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Mariinsky Theater Ballet and Orchestra
Set design: Simon Virsaladze

Valery Gergiev, conductor

Ouverture
Act I
First Set
1. Decorating the Christmas tree - Entrance of the guests
2. Walk
3. Children's canter - Parents' entrance
4. Arrival of Drosselmeyer - Distribution of gifts
5. The Nutcracker - Grandfather's Dance
6. Scene - Departure of the guests - Night - Clara and the Nutcracker
7. Scene - The Battle

Second Set
8. Scene - A fir forest in winter
9. Waltz of Snowflakes

Act II
Third Set
10. The enchanted palace of the Kingdom of Delights
11. The arrival of the Nutcracker and Clara
12. Entertainment:

I. Chocolate - Spanish dance
II. Coffee - Arabic dance
III. Tea - Chinese dance
IV. Trepak - Russian dance
V. Dance of the mirlitons
VI. Mother Gigogne and the punches

13. Waltz of Flowers
14. Pas de deux - Dance of the Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy

I. Andante maestoso
II. Variation for the dancer - Tarantella
III. Variation for the dancer - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Coda

15. Final Waltz and Apotheosis